Reviewed by USGSIndia100y ago
M5.2 earthquake 66 km NE of Bandipura, India
Wednesday, June 29, 1927, 22:00:51 UTC · 34.896°N, 75.085°E
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 66 km NE of Bandipura, India on Wednesday, June 29, 1927, 22:00:51 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.7 on June 21, 1916.
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
985 tons of TNT
That is about 1/15 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
192 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and Indian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 2 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 5 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 4,010 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1885M6.3
Kashmir: Srinagar
30 May 1885 · 58 km away
3,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1828
Kashmir
26 Jun 1828 · 94 km away · intensity VIII
1,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1909
Pakistan
8 Jul 1909 · 244 km away
10 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1885
Kashmir
6 Jun 1885 · 130 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1784
Kashmir: Srinagar
Nov 1784 · 92 km away · intensity VIII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.